Wegovy - best thing that ever happened to me

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

Forgot to say - eating a high fiber diet, especially daily consumption of legumes, compels the gut biome to trigger the hormone production that signal satiety and the end of the food noise and cravings. A high fiber diet is nature’s semaglutide and fiber is much cheaper and doesn’t have negative side effects.

Avoid sugar that is stripped of fiber - sugar without fiber is metabolic poison in the body and drives overconsumption as well.

You’ve posted this before in many other GLP-1 threads. We know.

It’s a life saving and life improving message and many folks don’t, in fact, know - the average American consumes less than 1/2 the RDA of fiber, and that RDA is around 1/3 the average historical human consumption of fiber. We are made to eat fiber and fiber makes our gut healthy in a way that is linked to all other aspects of our health from sleep to cancer prevention.

Lots of people know the Good News, but that’s no reason to stop spreading it.

I'm put off by reports of increased risks of blindness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

Forgot to say - eating a high fiber diet, especially daily consumption of legumes, compels the gut biome to trigger the hormone production that signal satiety and the end of the food noise and cravings. A high fiber diet is nature’s semaglutide and fiber is much cheaper and doesn’t have negative side effects.

Avoid sugar that is stripped of fiber - sugar without fiber is metabolic poison in the body and drives overconsumption as well.

You’ve posted this before in many other GLP-1 threads. We know.

It’s a life saving and life improving message and many folks don’t, in fact, know - the average American consumes less than 1/2 the RDA of fiber, and that RDA is around 1/3 the average historical human consumption of fiber. We are made to eat fiber and fiber makes our gut healthy in a way that is linked to all other aspects of our health from sleep to cancer prevention.

Lots of people know the Good News, but that’s no reason to stop spreading it.

I'm put off by reports of increased risks of blindness.

Enough with the sock puppeting, you’ve made your point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

Forgot to say - eating a high fiber diet, especially daily consumption of legumes, compels the gut biome to trigger the hormone production that signal satiety and the end of the food noise and cravings. A high fiber diet is nature’s semaglutide and fiber is much cheaper and doesn’t have negative side effects.

Avoid sugar that is stripped of fiber - sugar without fiber is metabolic poison in the body and drives overconsumption as well.

You’ve posted this before in many other GLP-1 threads. We know.

It’s a life saving and life improving message and many folks don’t, in fact, know - the average American consumes less than 1/2 the RDA of fiber, and that RDA is around 1/3 the average historical human consumption of fiber. We are made to eat fiber and fiber makes our gut healthy in a way that is linked to all other aspects of our health from sleep to cancer prevention.

Lots of people know the Good News, but that’s no reason to stop spreading it.

I'm put off by reports of increased risks of blindness.

Well you’ve found your miracle diet, enjoy it and don’t take GLP-1s, and avoid these threads!

[Anonymous]

I think that pp works for big fiber. Getting kickbacks for pushing this diet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

Oh FFS. Do you really think this isn't on the mind of virtually everyone who takes Wegovy? Take your condescension elsewhere.

Hey y'all -- did you here that? "Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss." Lol. None of us ever tried that. Lol.

Hey PP, I have always eaten "a truly healthy diet." And I do not have "excellent health" thanks to medications I have to take to stay alove. Again, take your condescension elsewhere. Oh, and you can take your ignorance to the same place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

Forgot to say - eating a high fiber diet, especially daily consumption of legumes, compels the gut biome to trigger the hormone production that signal satiety and the end of the food noise and cravings. A high fiber diet is nature’s semaglutide and fiber is much cheaper and doesn’t have negative side effects.

Avoid sugar that is stripped of fiber - sugar without fiber is metabolic poison in the body and drives overconsumption as well.

You’ve posted this before in many other GLP-1 threads. We know.

It’s a life saving and life improving message and many folks don’t, in fact, know - the average American consumes less than 1/2 the RDA of fiber, and that RDA is around 1/3 the average historical human consumption of fiber. We are made to eat fiber and fiber makes our gut healthy in a way that is linked to all other aspects of our health from sleep to cancer prevention.

Lots of people know the Good News, but that’s no reason to stop spreading it.

I'm put off by reports of increased risks of blindness.

NP. I cannot take any of these drugs for this reason, even though I qualify and it would be great for my overall health. But I have a progressive blindness disease and am already low vision. I have been advised that the risk to my eyesight is too great.

It’s really a shame because I wish I didn’t have to chose between my vision and weight loss. Diet and exercise slow slow slog for me it is. So happy for the rest of you who are on it and seeing great results!! My friend is having a great experience on Wegovy and it’s changing her life.

[Anonymous]

Just so you are all aware. My eyesight started getting bad within 10 months of using wegovy. I did not make the connection before.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ozempic-may-linked-condition-causes-blindness-research-needed-rcna159991

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just so you are all aware. My eyesight started getting bad within 10 months of using wegovy. I did not make the connection before.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ozempic-may-linked-condition-causes-blindness-research-needed-rcna159991

Did you have blurry vision as a side effect? I had slightly blurry vision after my first shot. I thought to myself "Hmm, I guess I need my reading glasses all the time now" but then two days later my eyesight was back. Then after my first 0.5 shot, my vision was a bit blurry again for a couple of days.

Hmmm. Concerning.

[Anonymous]

I got blurry vision as well. Hasn’t improved after 4 weeks

[Anonymous]

The vision issues are still extremely rare, and mostly in diabetics. The relative risk is higher with the medication, but the absolute numbers are still very small. And there has been one observational study, far from conclusive at this point.
Anyway, every medication has its risks and benefits to be weighed. Accurate gas extreme risks, but people opt to take it all the time. Some people decide the risks are not worth it to them.
These medications have been proven to have many health benefits, so for many the small chance of a negative consequence is worth it. All medical decisions require a risk/benefit analysis and everyone can do the calculations for themselves!

[Anonymous]

Sorry spell correct.. that was supposed to say that Accutane has some extreme risks, not accurate gas!

[Anonymous]

Do you avoid most fruit on this drug?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vision issues are still extremely rare, and mostly in diabetics. The relative risk is higher with the medication, but the absolute numbers are still very small. And there has been one observational study, far from conclusive at this point.
Anyway, every medication has its risks and benefits to be weighed. Accurate gas extreme risks, but people opt to take it all the time. Some people decide the risks are not worth it to them.
These medications have been proven to have many health benefits, so for many the small chance of a negative consequence is worth it. All medical decisions require a risk/benefit analysis and everyone can do the calculations for themselves!

Of course! I was just letting people know I went from not needing glasses to bad eyesight in less than 10 months on Wegovy. I am not diabetic and can no longer see clearly without glasses, near or far. I wear contacts and must also use reading glasses. I’m 40% towards my weight loss goal and will discuss with my doctor how I should proceed. I may stop using it and see if I can at least maintain what I’ve lost on my own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you avoid most fruit on this drug?

I have

[Anonymous]

Why